How do you simplify (y-14)/(14-y)y−1414−y?
1 Answer
Aug 13, 2016
Explanation:
What we want here is the numerator to be 14 - y, so that it can be
color(blue)"cancelled"cancelled with the 14 - y on the denominator.We can do this by factorising y - 14 as follows.
y-14=-1(14-y)y−14=−1(14−y)
rArr(y-14)/(14-y)=(-1cancel((14-y)))/cancel(14-y)=-1
